Opinion Editor Sam Heilmann, ’26, will be the next editor-in-chief of The Campus, Allegheny’s student newspaper announced Friday. Selected by a unanimous vote of Campus staff in March, Heilmann takes the position with two years’ experience writing for The Campus, including three semesters on staff editing the opinion section. This year, she received a pair of awards for editorial writing, including an Honorable Mention at the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Student Keystone Media Awards earlier this month and as a finalist for at the 60th Golden Quill Awards hosted by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania.
Though she will formally helm her first paper as EIC in the fall, Heilmann has moved past the opinion section since her March election. She started by spearheading hand-drawn illustrations for The Compost, the annual April Fool’s edition published by The Campus, before leading coverage of “Eclipse Fest” at the Robertson Athletic Complex. Alongside News Editor Anna Westbrook, ’26, Heilmann developed a special Earth Day edition of The Campus, published on April 19.
In the classroom, Heilmann is interested in studying social constructs in media as a Communications and Media major and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Global Health Studies minor. She can also be seen in the library, where she works as a speaking consultant.
When not working, Heilmann enjoys painting, drawing and reading.